User: mtelbert

Re:MLB needs to let this one go

On: MLB Says Slingbox Illegal, CEA Thinks Otherwise

You wrote: "In order to encourage game stadium attendance, MLB will usually only permit sold out games to be broadcast locally."

I think you're thinking of NFL, not MLB. I watch Oakland A's games all the time (in my home in the Bay Area), and they're hardly ever sold out.

Re:Ps (People have had it with upgrades...)

On: P2P Networks Blamed For Software Losses Doubling

No. Nobody expects you to upgrade a thing. If you want to use a 24 pin dot matrix printer (if you remember what those were) and your tried-and-true word processor, go for it. But, if you *choose* to use newer "whatever", you should pay for it.

Re:Adblock...

On: Firefox 0.9.1 and Thunderbird 0.7.1 Released

The easy way to get the rules is Tools/Adblock/Preferences, click Help and choose "Load default filters from web." hope this helps

What was the genesis of MS power?

On: What Would The World Be Like Without Microsoft?

At the risk of my precious "positive" karma, I'd like to know what /.'ers opinions are about how MS got to be who they are today.

Since it wasn't overnight their current power came to be, they must have done *something* right (at least in the context of American capitalism).

Re:careful

On: The Memory Masters

Homer: But Marge, every time I learn something new, it pushes something old out. Like the time I learned how to drink wine, and I forgot how to drive?

Re:How many steel workers are left today?

On: A Thoughtful Look at Indian Outsourcing

I'm curious - what did the steelworkers and loggers reinvent themselves as, exactly? And did they still have to pay back their steelworking and logging degree loans from college, or were those forgiven?

Re:Anything can be abused

On: OnStar Considered Harmful

Yes, but what about trackable things that were installed in your car? And they can't be removed/disabled without threatening your warranty?